2014-10-14 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                14 OCTOBER 2014


SECTION                RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                            LOOKING AHEAD
Environmental Health   •   Improved response times to customer         •   Report on food safety compliance          •   Undertake intensive 3-day LGAQ
                           requests.                                       project on sushi food.                        asbestos training prior to devolution in
                                                                                                                         early 2015 of additional responsibilities
                                                                                                                         under Public Health Act.
                       •   Undertaken succession planning by           •   Report and determine a new                •   Develop a regular food safety
                           employing an environmental health               recreational water monitoring program.        newsletter for the food industry.
                           officer. Mentoring of this officer has
                           commenced.
                       •   Provided environmental health               •   Review more environmental health          •   Undertake a food safety compliance
                           information to IT to update council’s           SAFI advice for customer service.             project on private water supplies
                           website.                                                                                      systems to regulated premises.

                       •   Trained customer service staff in           •   Chase and resolve outstanding unpaid      •   Collate existing development approvals
                           environmental health application forms          annual licence renewals.                      of ERA “deemed approval” premises
                           and fees.                                                                                     (service stations) and undertake
                                                                                                                         compliance program.
                       •   Commenced annual licensing renewal          •   Determine local laws in environmental     •   Finalisation of the Environmental Health
                           of 450 regulated premises.                      health field.                                 Coordinator’s Workers Compensation
                                                                                                                         claim due in November.
                       •   Completed improvements to food              •   Maintain the annual inspection program    •   Updating backlog of cemetery records
                           handler training course.                        of regulated premises.                        into T1 database.
                       •   Completed food safety compliance            •   Continue to assess regulated premises
                           project on sushi food.                          licence applications, fit out plans and
                                                                           development applications.
Pest Management        •   Pest Management Survey first quarter        •   Pest Management Survey for second         •   Completion of Pest Management Plan
                           completed                                       quarter advertised to commence 1/9/14         for Noosa
                       •   Staff participated in several stakeholder   •   Maintain surveillance of fox problem at   •   Training of community groups in Pest
                           meetings to develop a new Pest                  Teewah                                        Management techniques
                           management plan for Noosa.
                       •   Fox control index reduced from 5.86 to      •   Obtaining equipment from the $18,000      •   Monitoring light traps for mosquito
                           3.2 in the Coastal strip through                State Government Grant for Wild Dog           breeding in preparation for
                           focussed control techniques, particularly       control                                       commencement of aerial control
                           around Teewah township.                                                                       program.
                       •   Application made for $10,000 grant for      •   Transferring group firearms licence to
                           Pig Traps – SEQ Catchment and Mary              Manager Waste and Environmental
                           River Catchment Drought assistance              Health for Weapons Act compliance.
                           funding.


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